John Lewis sales reach £100m a week for the first time this year November 18, 2013 AFTER a warm start to the winter, Christmas shopping began in earnest last week with John Lewis reporting sales in excess of £100m for the first time this year. Sales in the week to 16 November jumped 10.7 per cent from a year ago to £101.4m – the earliest week that sales have ever topped [...]
John Lewis to open at Westfield London November 12, 2013 JOHN Lewis confirmed plans yesterday to open a new store in Shepherd Bush’ s Westfield shopping mall. The new John Lewis, the partnership’s fifth in London, will anchor the 600,000 square feet extension planned for Westfield London, due to open in 2017.
Review: How John Lewis has used a bear and a hare to lure in Xmas trade November 7, 2013 WITH just one John Lewis product used in the whole advert – an alarm clock given to a bear by a hare so that he can wake up from hibernation to enjoy Christmas – its keenly awaited Christmas advert appears at first glance oddly non-commercial. But by deciding to use animation and a simple tale [...]